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One of a Pair of Platters with a Pastoral Scene
This round platter depicts a group of peasants resting outside a city wall, one on horseback, with a pastoral landscape in the background. In the center, a gypsy tells a young man’s fortune, and two female figures look down from a portico at the left. This romanticized view of rural life reflects the influence of French decorative art and engravings on eighteenth century Italian ceramics. In the lower right, the platter is marked C & C (or C & G), most likely indicating that it was produced in the workshop established by Carlo Antoino Grue in Castelli. It is painted in blue, green, yellow, ochre, tan, reddish-brown, black, grey, light purple and vivid pinkish-mauve colors, and is heightened with gold. The rim is dark blue and the back is white. To see the pair to this platter, see 48.1759.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [no. 411]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy, Castelli (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (3.8 x 46 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1758
